Give the Service Employees International Union credit for being fast on its feet. As Congress is moving ahead with a plan to mail out millions of dollars in checks as an economic stimulus, the union's members are arguing that the state could get a similar…
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, both headquartered in Seattle, are trying to put the brakes on SB 6269, an airline passengers' bill of rights.The bill, patterned on one in New York, requires that passengers get things like drinks, food and medical care if they're stranded…
That's the question that a judge in Thurston County will soon have to decide.Foes of a proposed initiative to allow assisted suicide for terminally ill people are challenging the ballot title and ballot summary, saying the language written by the state Attorney General's office uses…
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire – a Democratic superdelegate who announced late last week that's she was backing Obama – was asked by a reporter Monday if the Clinton-leaning superdelegates should change their votes to reflect Obama's strong win here in Saturday's caucuses. (For more on…